You will need a BlackBerry specific data plan or the BlackBerry App World and most apps will not work, even with wifi. I hear they enforce you to keep the data plan as long as your using the device as well. (In Canada you're required to take it but can cancel it for a fee, in the US it must stay on the account)

I'm inclined to say that a BlackBerry may not be the right device for you. I have a data plan and I love it, I would hate to have to wait until I'm within a wifi area just to check my email, etc.

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Thanks for the reply. I would also appreciate if anyone could still weigh in on this if they know anything different.

Also, would the phone work for phone calls without a data plan, or does nothing work without a data plan? I would prefer to get a Blackberry because I like the keyboard for typing notes, but I have to know it will work for at the very least phone calls, but preferably Wifi as well.